The State Department has dramatically cut its funding for social media after an inspector general's report found the department spent excessive amounts on advertising for some of its Facebook pages.

"We take the valuable feedback of the (Office of Inspector General) seriously, and we're committed to addressing the recommendations and the concern outlined in this assessment," State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said Wednesday in the daily press briefing.

"We take the valuable feedback of the (Office of Inspector General) seriously, and we're committed to addressing the recommendations and the concern outlined in this assessment," State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said Wednesday in the daily press briefing.

That is a pat answer that people accept. If that is a true statement, then why spend 600k of tax payers money, with out our approval.

I guess you're new here. The DoD spends billions without, er, "your" approval. If you'd like to change that then you should start elsewhere besides comments on "news" websites. The office of the IG is comprised of members from all areas of the military and usually people that are well accomplished in their fields that also have specific expertise in that field near (direct and adjacent) to the issue at hand. A quick and easy start to changing the military is to change its Commander in Chief. Aka The President.

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